GRE Word List
PHYSIOGNOMY
the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
The meaning of the word physiognomy is the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| entity | being |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |